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Featured Articles » Zenith Infotech's SMB-Focused Cloud Seminar Coming to Denver on Oct. 4 » With Next-Generation 911 in the Works, FCC and FEMA Offer Alternative Communications Tips » MSPs, Networks Vital to Small Businesses » SoTel Systems Finalizes Reseller Agreement with Maratona Communication Inc. for Unified Messaging   Sponsored By: Transverse WEBINAR: Evolve Your Subscription Business With Dynamic Revenue Management Wednesday September 28, 2011 12:00pm ET/ 9:00am PT A Webinar about how companies building subscription businesses can build personal and sustainable relationships with customers, as well as long-term profitability and loyalty, will take place September 28th at 12:00 EDT. The panelists will define and educate listeners about the critical elements of Dynamic Revenue Management, including: Sophisticated, real-time rating engines; Rapid-fire analytics capable of converting flat data into dynamic sources of information; Business-friendly front-ends and dashboards that empower business users to make decisions without having to wait for IT resources to free up.   Top Stories » Comverse Unveils VAS 3.0 Messaging Solution for Communications Service Providers » Siemens Enterprise Communications Named Leader in Magic Quadrant for Corporate Telephony » Convergia Adds Avaya 1400 Series IP PBX Office Systems » Acclaim Telecom Services Announces PCI Compliancy » E911 Hosted Solutions: Intrado Deploys North Carolina's First Next-Gen 911 Network » Mitel's Unified Communicator (UC) Advanced Software Now Supports Apple iPhone and iPad   From The Expert Corner September 26, 2011 Decline of Voice Revenue Decelerating? By Gary Kim, Contributing Editor Though it is understandable why telecom executives would prefer a steady, predictable, slow decline of voice revenues, there are signs that earlier forecasts were too sanguine. As recently as 2007, for example, International Telecommunications Union forecasts suggested stable, flat voice revenues. ITU voice revenue forecast In fact, total telecom revenue grew by seven percent a year to eight percent a year, on average, from 1991-2004. The highest growth was in mobile telephony, with domestic and international revenues declining slightly. Voice services were, in 2007, seen as roughly stable, representing about 85 percent of total service provider revenue in 1991, and 82 percent in 2004, for example. Even in the highly developed countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development region, voice still accounted for 79 percent of total telecom revenues in 2007... Read More   Featured Video Interview with Sotel Systems   TMCnet Free Premium Content » How Cloud, SaaS and other Providers Can Profit From Subscription Billing » Protecting the User Experience: Coping With the Challenges of Delivering Real-Time Unified Communications Services » Telephone Numbers with No Geographic Ties » VoIP Advantages for the Contact Center    Latest Blogs » Women's Rights: The Next Frontier of Product Marketing   Featured Channels » #1 VoIP Enabler: Risk-free, Quick & Easy Deployment » Mobile VoIP » HD Voice » IP Softswitch   Webinars Download One of Our Webinars Today to learn about new opportunities to enhance your business. http://www.tmcnet.com/webinar/   Contact Us   Company Directory    |    All Editors' Info   Become a TMCnet Columnist! Become a TMCnet columnist! Want to contribute your expertise to a growing audience of technology professionals? Become a writer, blogger or columnist for the TMCnet Web site and this newsletter. Contact TMCnet Group Editorial Director, Erik Linask, at elinask@tmcnet.com for details.

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